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Socialist, humanist, neuro diverse, proud Scot wishing for independence.

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Iain @iainmac57.bsky.social · 9m
He wants to invade. He wants boots on the ground. He wants your votes to be invalid.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 2h
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1h
Billionaire David Reuben says he quit UK for Monaco ... actually already there since 2014. Worth £28bn, objects to non-dom tax changes. Doesn't want to be taxed on the same basis as UK residents Super-rich happy to make profits in the UK, want special treatment, hold govts to ransom.
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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bikebike @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social · 4h
"Driving is easier and faster, I don't get why you'd choose harder and slower?" Me: #yycbike
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 43m
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Iain @iainmac57.bsky.social · 17m
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Protect the Wild (@protectthewild)
Make your voice heard. There is a consultation open until October 29tn over what could be the world's biggest data centre in Chapelcross in Dumfries and Galloway. Developer CX Power’s own documentati...
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2h
🟡 From This Month’s Magazine The Two Professors and a ‘War on Ideas’ By @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social The different stories of the Cambridge academics Jason Arday and James Orr reveal the wider cultural and ideological forces at work around hierarchies and structural power. Hardeep Matharu reports
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The Two Professors and a ‘War on Ideas’
The different stories of the Cambridge academics Jason Arday and James Orr reveal the wider cultural and ideological forces at work around hierarchies and structural power. Hardeep Matharu reports
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Iain @iainmac57.bsky.social · 1h
Trying to artificially hype artificial intelligence?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 4h
Don’t forget: billionaires are using their grip on social media and the news to convince us that peaceful protests don’t work, our vote doesn’t matter, and that both parties are the same. They’re spending billions on it.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 2h
📌 ICYMI — Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator
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Green Party Would Force Daily Mail Owner to Sell Up Papers
Zack Polanski's party also backs plans to force media companies to operate under a licence granted by a regulator
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Irish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 2h
Political leaders across the entire political spectrum are calling on the British Government to prevent an Orange Order march on the Garvaghy Road. www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...
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McDonald and Bacik among opposition leaders urging Andy Burnham to intervene in Drumcree
In a bid to end the Garvaghy Road stand-off in Portadown, a joint letter to British prime minister Andy Burnham from Irish opposition leaders states that his government must intervene to end the "prof...
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 4h
we have a policy for the use of genAI at the @aial.ie. we reflect on values key to scientific integrity, such as replicability, and err on the side of not using it blogpost: aial.ie/blog/gen-ai-... pdf: zenodo.org/records/2322...
A flowchart that guides reflective thinking around generative AI in the context of research. It highlights key, interconnected values underpinning scientific integrity, alongside practical and wider socio-political considerations when deciding whether to use generative AI for research.
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 4h
Pete Buttigieg is spot fucking on here. We don’t have to put up with the #CostOfTrumpsCorruption we have 26 days to vote every Republican enabler in Congress out, it’s time to build a politics that actually responds and works for the people not just the top 1%. Make a plan to vote.🗳️
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Iain @iainmac57.bsky.social · 1h
I gave up on religion a long time ago as it causes so much trouble. I do still enjoy baiting the folk that take it too seriously though.
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Paul in SC @paulinsc.bsky.social · 16h
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Paul in SC @paulinsc.bsky.social · 16h
Healthcare is a basic human right. Civilized countries realize a healthy population is more productive. That's why the only area the US leads in is debt.
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Iain @iainmac57.bsky.social · 1h
He was all about the workers. Great man
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Irish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 2h
This petition is approaching 5,000 signatures. Please sign and please keep sharing. Let the British Government know that you are opposed to an Orange Order march on the Garvaghy Road. www.change.org/p/garvaghy-r...
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Sign the Petition
Garvaghy Road residents must be left in peace.
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Paul in SC @paulinsc.bsky.social · 16h
We may not know when he's actually dead. See McConnell.
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Irish Unity @irishunity.bsky.social · 10h
The irony here is Unionist parties are quick to point out that MON is not acting as the FM when she meets the SNP as the DFM didn't authorise the meeting. She wasn't technically acting in her capacity as FM when she supported the Garvaghy Road residents either.
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Iain @iainmac57.bsky.social · 1h
Saving everything up for fireworks at the midterms
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Iain @iainmac57.bsky.social · 1h
His barber has lost his sense of humour and become quite vindictive.
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Roman Piso @romanpiso.bsky.social · 2h
#Discover @paulinsc.bsky.social @umaija.bsky.social #RemoveTrumpNow #EpsteinFiles #GhislaineMaxwell #Trump #Epstein
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 2h
Call it what it is: a pay-for-access grift. The top 185 Trump coin holders get a costly dinner, the top four get a gold watch, and buyers have lost an estimated $4.7 billion while Trump banks $635 million. The most corrupt meme coin dinner in history. #CostOfTrumpsCorruption
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johnbarleycorn2.bsky.social @johnbarleycorn2.bsky.social · 2h
Yeah got mine today. I rrplied “Fuck you Donold. I will donate this to a democrst.” Who do you think? Tallarico?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4h
Pennsylvania resident Kathy Lucas has a message for Trump and Republicans: “Do something for regular American people instead of just the wealthy and the corporations who just want to keep on polluting at our expense.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20h
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Oligarch Watch @muskwatch.bsky.social · 22h
By choosing Elon Musk to co-lead the Pentagon’s “Future of Warfare” project, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a potential 2028 Republican presidential candidate, has secured a close working relationship with his party’s single largest political donor.
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Hegseth, a potential 2028 candidate, installs Musk as key Pentagon advisor
By choosing Elon Musk to co-lead the Pentagon’s “Future of Warfare” project, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a potential 2028 Republican presidential candidate, has secured a close working relationshi...
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Where will you be on October 17? Organizers, what have you planned for the day? Drop a comment to let us know what you’ll be doing. #NoKings #VoteEarly
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 6h
The usual embassy scandal is a seating chart mix-up Amb. Guilfoyle has been bringing an energy lobbyist in Greece to official events & reportedly pumping a Trump donor for payments over Signal She denies wrongdoing, but I'm rubbing my eyes Diplomatically speaking, on @cnn.com👇 -TN
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 6h
I just realized I forgot to post this: Here’s part 2 of my AI and National Security series: This part is focused on strategic risks, threats we aren’t yet measuring, and risk mitigation. Unlocked for everyone. www.patreon.com/AWHSBlog/pos...
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AI and National Security: Part 2 | Angry Staffer
In Part I, we talked about where AI is already changing warfare: intelligence analysis, targeting, cybersecurity, and increasingly autonomou
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 6h
For the third time in 3 days, Trump has offered two of America's biggest cities as bargaining chips to terrorists...He doesn't give a shit about America.
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Haud Ma Chips 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @haudmachips.bsky.social · 7h
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Iain @iainmac57.bsky.social · 7h
No, but don't tell them.
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Iain @iainmac57.bsky.social · 7h
My uncle wasn't interested in singing but tried to tell me about the singer. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist
The groundbreaking singer, actor and athlete became a victim of McCarthyism and saw his shining career destroyed and his legacy tarnished
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Iain @iainmac57.bsky.social · 7h
When I was a kid this was sung at every wedding and party I was at. The males trying to outdo each other on the deepest voice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xDI...
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Ol' Man River (Remastered)
YouTube video by Paul Robeson - Topic
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"So, you racists viewing this, I guess you'd rather die than be treated by an immigrant, eh?" via Joe Paglia
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 10h
War With Iran Is Too Profitable For The Trump Family To Stop Now.....
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 9h
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Roger Alan Blackwell @rogera.bsky.social · 12h
French unions march with school students & condemn police 8th October 2026 wrp.org.uk/news/french-...
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French unions march with school students & condemn police - Workers Revolutionary Party
FRENCH Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu ordered regular classes suspended yesterday and today so that headteachers could hold sessions with school students, after trade unions joined pupils in marches...
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Iain @iainmac57.bsky.social · 7h
If it comes soon the Hegseth, who hasn't washed his hands for 10 years, cos he doesn't believe in germs, is in for a hard time. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15h
The threats to our resilience are the same as the threats to our democracy: corporate lobbyists shaping policy, with dire consequences for our ability to withstand crises. Burnham seems to want to change this. But is he aware of scale of the task? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Scots spend 90% of last six months of life at home or in a community setting, longer than during pandemic
Percentage of last six months of life spent at home or in a community setting; 2016/17 – 2025/26 From Percentage of end of life spent at home or in a community setting Financial years ending …
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 8h
Canadian writer Anne Carson awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in literature
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Canadian writer Anne Carson awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in literature
The Canadian writer received the Swedish Academy's highest honor on Thursday, October 8. A master of textual deviation, Carson, who began as a classical philologist, blends poetry and popular culture, prose and verse, with both humor and erudition.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 12h
"Exclusive: Britain launched a ‘world wide lobbying exercise’ to overturn a landmark United Nations (UN) resolution which recognised Zionism as racism, declassified files reveal. The information is in a private exchange between UK foreign secretary ..." via Alex Tee www.facebook.com/groups/Green...
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 11h
And that's Capitalism for you.
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Capitalism
ALT: Capitalism
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 11h
billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus Simon Reuben has lived in Monaco for 40 years since moving on health grounds www.theguardian.com/news/2026/oc...
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‘I reside in Monaco’: billionaire said to have quit UK over potential wealth tax had already left
TaxWatch contradicts claims about David Reuben’s departure and questions stories of super-rich exodus
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 13h
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George Futers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @wee-jordi.bsky.social · 8h
It doesn't meet the Yoonie narrative that Indy supporters are anti English, while many of the most vociferous Indy supporters are English. I know people who describe themselves as Scots Ghanaian, Scots Chinese, Scots Indian, Scots Poles, etc. Yet none of them consider themselves British
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 10h
Reform-led county council's ban on Derbyshire Live reporter dubbed a 'cut-price Trump tribute act' www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-n...
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Reform's ban on reporter dubbed a 'cut-price Trump tribute act'
Reform members of Derbyshire County Council did not respond to the concerns raised
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